Personal Injury Lawyers in Vaughan
Vaughan is a lower-tier city inside York Region, so a fall on a city road and a fall on a regional road go to different clerks. Both carry the same 10-day deadline, and York Region claims are issued at Newmarket rather than in Vaughan.
The lawyer on your file
Shawn Sidhu, Lawyer
You speak to a lawyer, not an intake desk. The first conversation is free, and if we do not think you have a claim we will tell you that too.
Deadlines that apply to you
These are the dates that end claims. Check them first.
If the injury happened on a municipal road or sidewalk and the claim is that it was not kept in repair, written notice must reach the municipality within 10 days.
Municipal Act, 2001, S.O. 2001, c. 25, s. 44(10)
In most Ontario claims you have two years from the day you knew, or ought to have known, that you had a claim.
Limitations Act, 2002, S.O. 2002, c. 24, Sched. B, s. 4
Injured in Vaughan
Vaughan grew fast, and the road network shows it. Subdivisions built in the last twenty years sit against highway interchanges and industrial corridors, which is a combination that produces high-speed collisions on roads people use as local streets.
Legally, Vaughan works the way Mississauga does. The City owns local streets. York Region owns the regional roads. Two governments, two clerks, one 10-day deadline that applies to whichever of them owns the stretch of road you were on.
Establish which road you were on
Vaughan sits against highway interchanges, and a road that feels local is often regional or provincial. What it is decides who is answerable for it.
Serve the City and York Region both
The City owns local streets, the Region owns regional roads. Where the stretch is not obviously one or the other, the 10-day notice goes to both.
Treat a 407 collision as its own problem
The 407 is a tolled provincial highway operated under a concession, so the ordinary municipal notice rule is not what applies. Deadlines still run and getting advice early matters more, not less.
The law is the same across Ontario. Who you serve is not.
Vaughan is a lower-tier municipality inside York Region. Notice under the Municipal Act goes to the City of Vaughan for local roads and sidewalks, and to York Region for regional roads.
WRITTEN NOTICE GOES TO
- City Clerk, City of Vaughan
- Regional Clerk, York Region
If the injury happened on a municipal road or sidewalk and the claim is that it was not kept in repair, written notice must reach the municipality within 10 days.
Municipal Act, 2001, S.O. 2001, c. 25, s. 44(10)
Superior Court of Justice, Newmarket
50 Eagle Street West, Newmarket
York Region claims are issued in the Superior Court of Justice at Newmarket. A Vaughan file is a Newmarket file, which is a forty-minute drive north of where the collision happened.
York Region Transit and Viva
York Region Transit, including the Viva rapid transit routes, is operated by the Region rather than by the City. An injury on a YRT or Viva vehicle is a claim against the Region.
Cortellucci Vaughan Hospital
Cortellucci Vaughan Hospital handles emergency care locally. Severe trauma is generally transferred to a designated lead trauma centre in Toronto, so a catastrophic file usually spans both.
Highway 400, Highway 407, Highway 7
Highway 400 and the 407 cross Vaughan, and Highway 7 carries heavy local traffic through it. Several of these are regional roads, which decides who receives a notice.
What this costs you
We fight for the maximum compensation your claim will carry, and you do not pay a dollar unless we win.
Nothing up front. The consultation is free, we act on contingency, and we advance the costs of building the case so a claim is never held up by money. If we do not recover anything, you do not owe a fee.
- Free consultation, no obligation
- Not a dollar unless we win
- We advance disbursements
- Home and hospital visits across the GTA
Questions we get every week
On whichever one owns the road. The City of Vaughan maintains local streets and sidewalks, York Region maintains regional roads. If it is not obvious, serve both within the 10 days.
York Region claims are issued in the Superior Court of Justice at Newmarket. The registry follows the region, so a Vaughan, Markham or Richmond Hill file all go to the same place.
The 407 is a tolled provincial highway operated under a concession, which puts it outside the ordinary municipal notice rule. Deadlines still run, so it is worth getting advice quickly rather than assuming the usual rules apply.
No. The limitation period, the deductible, the tort threshold and accident benefits are provincial and identical. What differs is which municipality receives a notice and which courthouse the claim is issued in.
Personal injury work we do in Vaughan
Car Accidents in Vaughan
After a car accident in Ontario you usually have two separate claims running at the same time: accident benefits from your own insurer regardless of who caused the crash, and a claim against the driver at fault.
Read moreAccident Benefits in Vaughan
Accident benefits are paid by your own auto insurer regardless of who caused the collision.
Read moreSlip and Fall in Vaughan
Slip and fall claims in Ontario carry notice deadlines far shorter than the usual two year limitation period.
Read moreLong-Term Disability in Vaughan
Most long-term disability denials in Ontario are not about whether you are ill.
Read moreCatastrophic Injury in Vaughan
In Ontario, a catastrophic impairment designation raises the combined medical, rehabilitation and attendant care limit from $65,000 to $1,000,000 and removes the time limit.
Read moreTraumatic Brain Injury in Vaughan
A traumatic brain injury can be severe and permanent while every scan comes back normal.
Read moreOther Ontario cities we act in
The limitation period, the statutory deductible and the tort threshold are provincial, so they are identical in every city here. What changes is who must be served inside the 10-day notice window, and that is decided by the city.
The lawyer on your file
A lawyer reads every enquiry. Not a form.
Send us what happened and Shawn Sidhu reads it himself, then replies the same business day. The first conversation is free and there is no obligation.
If we do not think you have a claim, we will tell you that too. You will know where you stand before you decide anything.
Shawn Sidhu, Lawyer
Called to the bar in British Columbia, 2013
University of British Columbia · University of Birmingham
- Free consultation, no obligation
- Not a dollar unless we win
- We come to you at home or in hospital
Your fight becomes ours the day you call us.
Consultations are free and there is no obligation. If we take the case you pay nothing unless we win, and if we think you do not have a claim we will tell you that too.
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